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AbstractsAbstracts may be submitted on any subject related to the general area of aging to be considered for poster presentation or oral presentation. PRESENTING AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR ABSTRACT USING THEIR OWN LOG IN (e.g. Advisors may not submit an abstract for a student under the advisor's account). More than one abstract may be submitted by each author. Abstracts should be submitted by February 14, 2022. Late abstracts will be considered for poster sessions only until March 14, 2022. Abstract form will be available January 2022.
Deadlines - Important DatesDenham Harman Research Award: December 1, 2021
Travel Award Application: February 14, 2022 Abstract Submission: February 14, 2022 Late Abstracts: March 14, 2022 Hotel Reservations: April 15, 2022 Meeting Dates May 17-20, 2021
Keynote Speaker
Talk Title: Using C. elegans to study human age-related decline Coleen T. Murphy is a Professor of Genomics and Molecular Biology at Princeton University. She graduated from the University of Houston with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Biophysics, then earned her doctorate in Biochemistry at Stanford University, studying the structure-function determinants of pre-steady state kinetics and motility of the motor protein myosin. During her postdoctoral work at UCSF with Cynthia Kenyon, Dr. Murphy built C. elegans microarrays and used them to identify the set of genes downstream of the insulin signaling/FOXO longevity pathway. This work revealed that insulin signaling coordinates the expression of a vast array of downstream cellular processes, including stress response, proteostasis, metabolism, immunity, autophagy, and intercellular signaling, to extend cellular and organismal maintenance with age. In her own lab, Dr. Murphy’s team has developed C. elegans models of human “quality of life” aging phenotypes, including cognitive aging and reproductive aging, and identified genetic pathways that can extend each of these processes with age. At the molecular level, these processes are remarkably well-conserved through humans. Dr. Murphy’s team has developed new genomic approaches to isolate and transcriptionally profile all of C. elegans’ adult cells, in order to better utilize this system as a model for human disease, and developed assays to model human neurodegenerative disease, including learning, memory, and movement disorders. Dr. Murphy’s lab made the surprising discovery that mating induces rapid post-reproductive aging, utilizing the same genetic pathways that extend longevity. Most recently, her lab has discovered that C. elegans can interpret the small RNA code of the bacteria that they ingest to direct an avoidance response, and that information can be transmitted transgenerationally. Murphy has received several awards for her research, including being named a Pew Scholar, March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Scholar, Keck Scholar, McKnight Fellow, Sloan Fellow, GMFR awardee, Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Simons Faculty Scholar, and was awarded both the New Innovator and Pioneer awards from the NIH Director’s office. She has won both the Women in Cell Biology Junior and Mid-Career Awards for Excellence in Research from the American Society for Cell Biology. She is currently the director of the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity in the Aging Brain. AwardsCall for Nominations - Denham Harman AwardEstablished in 1978 this award was named in honor of Dr. Denham Harman, a co-founder of AGE and honors a person who has made significant contributions to biomedical aging research.
All members of the American Aging Association are eligible to nominate individuals for the awards. Materials required for nomination include a nomination letter outlining why this individual is deserving of the award, a current CV of the individual and at least two supporting letters. Before nominating a person, please take a look at the website for the list of past awardees. Please note that if an individual has received the Denham Harman Award previously, the nomination will have to justify the contributions of this person since the last award. Once the materials have been collected, the nominator should send the documents to Holly Brown-Borg. The Awards Committee will review eligibility, compile the documents and create a slate of candidates for the AGE Board on which to vote. Deadline: December 1, 2021 ProgramPlease click here for the PDF version of the preliminary program. RegistrationAGE 2022 Meeting Registration Fees
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Colleen Murphy, Ph.D., Princeton University.